Cynthia Ann Flansburg of Delmar, a 2005 graduate of the Hudson Valley Community College Dental Hygiene program, was recently honored by the college.

Flansburg received the HuFriedy Golden Scaler Award, which is awarded to the graduating Dental Hygiene senior who has shown the greatest overall growth in clinical skill.

Founded in 1953, Hudson Valley Community College offers more than 60 degree and certificate programs in four schools: Business; Engineering and Industrial Technologies; Health Science; and Liberal Arts and Sciences; and an Educational Opportunity Center for academic and career training. One of 30 community colleges in the State University of New York system, it has an enrollment of more than 12,000 students, and is known as a leader in distance learning initiatives and workforce training. Hudson Valley has more than 60,000 alumni.